Desi poate parea greu de crezut, companiile Apple, Samsung si Google sunt partenere intr-o initiativa ce implica alte 18 companii de pe intregul glob, ele trimitand o scrisoare deschisa catre Uniunea Europeana, cerandu-i sa-si modifice legislatia care permite blocarea vanzarilor unor produse implicate in procese privind drepturile de proprietate intelectuala. O initiativa similara exista si in SUA, acolo Curtea Suprema de Justitie fiind petitionata pentru a modifica aceeasi legislatie care permite unor companii sa hartuiasca producatorii de terminale mobile si nu numai cu procese care in final se dovedesc a fi neintemeiate.
Apple and Samsung are among 19 companies and associations that told the EU in a letter that a new court should limit the ability of companies that license technology to win court injunctions when the validity of the underlying patent is in dispute. Manufacturers are turning to lawmakers and courts in Europe and America in battles with patent trolls, a derogatory term for intellectual property owners that don’t manufacturer products and instead rely on license fees. A similar group of companies are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to make it easier for them to collect legal fees in patent disputes.
Implementarea acestor modificari ar unifica intr-o anumita masura legislatile europeana si americana, in SUA companiile care nu produc terminale mobile nu au posibilitatea de a cere oprirea vanzarii unor asemenea produse. Desi nimeni nu poate spune acum daca aceasta initiativa va avea succes sau nu, lobby-ul facut de companii atat de mari are in general sanse foarte mari de reusita, insa schimbarile se implementeaza greu si necesita ani de zile de dezbateri.
